Why the study?
Slow breathing exercise can improve heart rate variability, but its effect on nonlinear measures of heart rate variability in transfusion dependent thalassemic patients remains to be evaluated.
Does slow breathing exercise improve non linear heart rate variability in transfusion dependent thalassemic patients?
Population
60 male TDT patients aged 15-30 years and 30 matched healthy controls
Comparison
Slow breathing exercise plus conventional treatment vs conventional treatment alone
Design
Prospective interventional study
Follow-up
3 months
Authors
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May support SBE for autonomic function in TDT; leaves open effects on clinical outcomes.
Does slow breathing exercise improve non linear heart rate variability in transfusion dependent thalassemic patients?
Slow breathing exercise for 3 months significantly improves non-linear heart rate variability parameters in male patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia.
Das et al. (2019) studied this question.
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